Goodbye And Hello chords by Tim Buckley

Goodbye And Hello
(Larry Beckett-Tim Buckley)

TIM BUCKLEY
>From Goodbye And Hello, 1967

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Okay, here goes...This is played capoed at the first fret.
The chords for the 'O the new children' parts are all the same.
Listen to the song to find out how it goes.
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    Am                 D
The antique people are down ...
Am                  D
Run by machines and ...
      Am                           D
Their heads in the grave and ...
Am                          G
Hauling their hearts around ...
   F                     C
Pretending forever their ...
    G                       Gsus4
Are not really ...
G

And I wave goodbye ...
F                      Gm
And smile hello to ...

      Gm           F               Eb
O the new children ...
    D          Gm                    F
All around the ...
Eb         D                       Gm
Swaying by ...
       F               Eb           D
To the breeze from ...
Gm           F                        Eb
Painting the ...
         D         Gm                 F
With the colors of sun...
Eb          D                          Gm
Freely they ...
   F          Eb                       D             Gm / F / E D G
As all become one             ....
G / / / (x2)

    G                C
The velocity addicts ...
  G                      C
Ignoring the journey ...
      G                          C
Their nerves fall apart and ...
     G                        C
They run from the cops....
     F                      C
Petrified by tradition in a ...
G                            Bb   Am F G
Into nowhere at all ...
G
And I wave ...
F                    Gm
And smile hello ...

O the new children play   I am ....

G                               Bb Am  Gm     F
The king and the queen ...
G                           Bb Am Gm   F
Sleepwalk down the hallways ...
Gm                        Bb  Am    Gm   F
All their possessions and ...
Gm                    Bb   Am  Gm    F
As they go to wor....
C                       Eb
On which is ...
        F                      C       G
In that hollowest ...
G
And I wave ...
F                    Gm
And smile hello ...

O the new children buy    I am .....

    C                   Bb            C
The vaudeville generals ....
                                Bb         C
And shatter their audience ....
                             Bb      C
And Freedom ....
                          Bb            C
Do a balancing act on the ...

(single notes mostly matching melody - suggested tab -->)
-0-2-3-2-0----------------
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While the tapdancing ...
(N.C.)
And Love the Magician ....
G
And I wave goodbye ...
F                      Gm
And smile ....

O the new children can't   I am ....

D                          C
The bloodless husbands are ...
     D                           C
Like sheep to the shrieks and ....
        D                            C
And the men who aren't ....
D                             G           F
See them all faking love on ...
 D                    C
Afraid to discover ...
       D                        G        F
And in secret ...
G
And I wave ...
F                    Gm
And smile ....

O the new children kiss       I am ....

    Am                 D
The antique people ....
     Am                    D
Like newspapers flaming ...
Am                    D
Godless and sexless ....
      Am                  G
Their sham sandcastles ...
     F                           C
They put on their ...
    G                              Bb Am  F    G
The new children will live for ...
G
And I wave goodbye ...
F                      Gm
And smile hello to ...

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submitted by Dann Butterfield
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